Tag Archives: Department of Defense

Edward Rothstein, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former garrison commander at Fort Meade in Maryland, has been named strategic adviser of Catonsville, Maryland-based information technology consulting firm Sparksoft.

Paul Kaminski, a 20-year U.S. Air Force veteran and former acquisition chief at the Department of Defense, has joined the federal advisory board of geospatial collaboration software provider Immersive Wisdom.

One Network Enterprises has won a potential five-year, $61.9M contract to help the U.S. Air Force obtain software licenses. The company will deliver commercial off-the-shelf products and technical support services to Wright-Patterson AF Base in Ohio as part of a master logistics capability initiative, the Department of Defense said Friday.

The Defense Microelectronics Activity has certified Cubic's Nuvotronics subsidiary as a supplier of integrated circuits to the Department of Defense for military application through the agency's Trusted Access Program Office.

The Department of Defense has entered into a pair of small business investment agreements to ensure continuous production of aerospace sensors and maritime communications equipment at as part of COVID-19 national response efforts.

John Zangardi, president of Redhorse Corp. and former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named a venture partner for technology at advisory firm Ridge-Lane. He joins 12 other federal civilian and military veterans who have been added to the Ridge-Lane team.

Battelle has been awarded a three-year, $49.5M U.S. Army contract modification to research, develop and evaluate geospatial technology platforms.

Carnegie Mellon University has won a potential five-year, $70M U.S. Army contract to explore artificial intelligence and autonomous applications that simplify and accelerate “low-impact, high-time” work. The university will conduct research and development of AI-based methods to reduce time spent on such activities, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Northrop Grumman has landed a potential eight-year, $66.9M U.S. Air Force contract to provide supply chain management support for power management, electronic countermeasures, jamming pod and navigational radar systems used on military aircraft.

Dr. Lisa Porter, former deputy undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense, has returned to the Riverside Research board of trustees, the company reported on Monday. Porter has nearly 25 years of experience in the defense and technology industries and is currently the co-president and co-founder of LogiQ.

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) has been awarded a five-year, $79 million task order by the U.S. Air Force (USAF) to deliver mission engineering services to the 414th Supply Chain Management Squadron’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) LGM-30 Minuteman III missile system, the company reported on Tuesday. SAIC will provide end-to-end product support and sustainment solutions.

ForeScout Technologies has secured a multimilion-dollar contract to provide a security platform for the Department of Defense to protect authorized devices that connect to the DoD information network. The company said Tuesday its technology was selected for DoD's enterprise cybersecurity program, dubbed Comply to Connect, to help department personnel identify and classify internet protocol-connected devices across offices, facilities and tactical missions.

PLEXSYS Interface Products has secured a potential $66.8M contract to operate and maintain eight mission crew training sets for the U.S. Air Force's airborne warning and control system.

Nexagen Networks has won a potential $49.7M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide expertise to the U.S. Navy in various subject matter areas.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Radiance Technologies a $10.1M contract and Cole Engineering Services a $9.1M contract to explore modeling and simulation approaches for theater-wide mission use.